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Rev. Daniel i^lorsmanden D. D.. who entered
St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1596, and
was rector of Ulcomb, Kent. Dr. Horsman-
den, a learned and zealous churchman, was de-
prived of his living in 1643. and in other ways
suffered much for the King's cause during the
civil wars. lie died in 1654, leaving a son,
Warham St. Leger Horsmanden, who sailed
for Virginia after being, it is said, an officer
ill the ruval army. Col. Horsmanden settled
in Charles City county, where he was a justice
in 1655. and which he rei)resented in the house
of burgesses in March, 1657-58. On March
13, 1657-58, he was elected to the council, but
it was ordered that he should not be sworn
until the assembly adjourned. His service in
the council was brief, for he was again a bur-
gess for Charles City in March, 1658-59. He
probably returned to England at the restor-
ation, and in 1683, was living at Purleigh in
Essex. His daughter Mary married Col. Wil-
liam Byrd. of Henrico county, Virginia, and
has many descendants.
Reade, George, son of Robert Reade of Linkenholt, Southampton, England, came to X'irginia in 1637, when a young man or youth. His brother Robert Reade, w^ho was private secretary to Sir William \\'indebanke, secre- tary of state in England, seems to have secured for him the patronage of Gov. Harvey and Secretary Richard Kemp, in Virginia, and to have placed him under their care. On March 2-], 1637, Jerome Hawley wrote Robert Reade that "at Christmas last," George Reade "had command of some forces sent upon a new plantation, but the design took no effect through the severity of the weather." Upon Nov. 17 of the same year. Gov. Harvey wrote to Robert Reade that his brother was well and was with him, but that he needed supplies that
were to be sent to him in charge of Mr. Haw-
ley. The governor added that he hoped to
find a very good opportunity to employ young
Reade upon a great business he had on hand
against a neighboring Indian tribe, strong in
people, in which he himself would appear in
person. In a letter dated Feb. 26, 1638, from
George Reade himself to his brother Robert,
he acknowledges many favors from Gov. Har-
vey and Secretary Kemp, but complains of the
conduct of Mr. Hawley towards him. Upon
May 17, Jerome Hawley sent Robert Reade an
account of "the whole business touching his
brother," in which he said that since George
Reade's arrival in the colony, he had lived in
the governor's house and wanted for nothing.
\x\ a letter written on April 4, 1639, Secretary
Kemp told Robert Reade that George wished
sctme servants to be sent over to him, but the
writer advised that they should await the re-
sult of the change of government in X'irginia
before young Reade should further engage
himself in the aft"airs of the colony. In March
01 the ne.x't year, Kemp, wishing to go to Eng-
land, requested Secretary Windebanke to get
him permission to do so, and promised to make
Windebanke's nephew, George Reade, his
deputy while he was away, and accordingly,
en Aug. 2"/, 1640, the King in council appoint-
ed Reade secretary of state for \irginia dur-
ing the absence of Kemp. Grateful for the
many favors he had received from them,
Reade was an earnest adherent of Gov. Har-
\ey and Secretary Kemp during the struggle
with the people of \Trginia which ended in the
expulsion of Harvey, and was doubtless re-
stored to grace when Harvey returned. In 1649,
Reade represented James City county in the
house of burgesses, and soon after removed to
^'()rk county where he appears as a justice of
the county court in 1652. He was a burgess
